Jennifer Tilly's Net Worth

Net Worth	$ 30,000,000
Real name	Jennifer Ellen Chan
Source of Wealth	Acting, Voice Acting & Poker Playing
Profession	Actress
Spouse/Partner	Phil Laak
Date of Birth	Sep 16, 1958
Zodiac	Virgo
Age	64
Gender	Female
Pronoun	She/Her
Height	169 cm / 5 ft 6 inch
Nationality	American-Canadian
Siblings	1 older brother (Steve) & two younger sisters (Meg and Rebecca)

Jennifer Tilly is estimated at around $30 million net worth as of 2023 💵

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Biography and early life

Jennifer Tilly was born in Harbor City, Los Angeles, USA. Her parents are of Canadian and Chinese descent. She has three other siblings, one older brother and two younger sisters.

Growing up, Tilly moved a lot as her parents divorced, and her mother remarried a man who turned out to be a pedophile. Her childhood was tough as her mother moved her to different places to live.

She went to Belmont high school, and while there, she fell in love with the theater and started to perform in plays. After high school, Tilly’s passion for acting didn’t fade away, so she got herself a bachelor’s degree in theater from Stephens College in Missouri.

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Career beginnings

The young and talented actress started her career in 1983 with her debut appearance roles on TV in the sitcom ‘On Madeline,’ the drama series ‘Boone’ and the serial police drama ‘Hill Street Blues.’

From those roles, her career in acting kicked off, and she was given many. As you can see from her portfolio, she was granted roles in the following:

Filmography & TV

• No Small Affair - 1984
• Moving Violations - 1985
• Inside Out - 1986
• He is My Girl - 1987
• Remote Control -1988
• Johnny Be Good - 1988
• Rented Lips - 1988
• High Spirits - 1988
• Far from Home - 1989
• Let it Ride - 1989
• The Fabulous Baker Boys - 1989
• The Doors - 1991
• Scorchers - 1991
• Shadow of the Wolf - 1992
• Made in America - 1993
• The Getaway - 1994
• Bullets Over Broadway - 1994
• Embrace of the Vampire - 1995
• Man with a Gun - 1995
• The Pompatus of Love - 1995
• Edie & Pen - 1996
• Bound - 1996
• American Strays - 1996
• House Arrest - 1996
• Liar Liar 1997
• The Wrong Guy - 1997
• Music from Another Room - 1998
• Relax…. It’s Just Sex - 1998
• Bride of Chucky - 1998
• The Muse - 1999
• Bartok the Magnificent - 1999
• Do Not Disturb - 1999
• Stuart Little - 1999
• Play it to the Bone - 1999
• Cord - 2000
• Bruno - 2000
• The Crew - 2000
• Hey Arnold! - 2000
• Dancing at the Blue Iguana - 2000
• Fast Sofa - 2001
• The Cat’s Meow - 2001
• Monsters, Inc. - 2001
• Sister Mary Explains it All
• Hollywood North - 2003
• Jericho Mansions - 2003
• The Haunted Mansion - 2003
• Happy End - 2003
• Home on the Range - 2004
• Frasier, episode ‘Miss Right Now - 2004
• El Padrino - 2004
• Saint Ralph - 2004
• Love on the Side - 2004
• Seed of Chucky - 2004
• Lil’ Pimp - 2004
• The Civilization of Maxwell Bright - 2005
• Bailey’s Billion$ - 2005
• Out of Practice
• Tideland - 2005
• Deal - 2008
• Bart Got a Room - 2005
• Inconceivable - 2008
• An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong - 2009
• Empire Silver - 2009
• Made in Romania - 2009
• The Cleveland Show - 2009
• The Making of Plus One - 2010
• Modern Family - 2011, 2014
• 30 Beats - 2012
• Curse of Chucky 2013
• The Secret Lives of Dorks - 2013
• Unity - 2015
• A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits - 2016
• Cult of Chucky - 2017
• Ray Meets Helen - 2017
• 7 Days to Vegas - 2019

Acclamations and awards

• Fantasporto Film Festival for Best Actress in ‘Bound’ 1997
• Fantafestival Award for Best Actress in ‘Bride of Chucky’ in 2000
  DVD Exclusive Award for Best Actress in a DVD Premiere Movie for ‘Ball in the House’ in 2001
• San Diego Film Festival Award for Best Actress in ‘Intervention’ in 2007
• The WIFTS Foundation International Visionary Award for Barbara Tripple Award for Best Actress in 2010
• Garden State Film Festival Award for Best Ensemble (Feature) for ‘7 Days to Vegas’ in 2021
• Saturn Award for Best Guest-Starring Performance: Network/Cable Series for ‘Chucky’ in 2022

A career out of poker and gambling

Following her father’s footsteps of being a poker player, Jennifer was intrigued by the gambling world. So, once she moved to Hollywood for her acting career, she also wanted to try poker but not just for fun but professionally. ^[1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLoO5ihvyt4

In 2005, she won a World Series of Poker bracelet and gained $158,625 in the Texas hold’em poker. After that success, other winnings came along, so she won the third World Poker Tour for the Ladies Invitational Tournament.

Later on, she was also part of the GSN Poker Royale series, and in 2006, she played in the Celebrity Poker Showdown, winning a third-place prize.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btGzQpnbo2M

Within several years of playing poker professionally, Tilly became so involved that she questioned whether she should proceed with acting or pursue her poker game.

When playing poker on TV, she was always remembered to wear sexy push-up bras showing her sexy cleavage, which was her way to mesmerize other gamblers.^[2]

However, she backed off from playing poker professionally in 2010. As of 2019, her winnings from the live tournaments were calculated to exceed $1 million.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3lsYcxRDJY

Bonus read: Check the net worth of actress Morena Baccarin.

Most famous for

Known for her distinctive voice, Jennifer Tilly is most famous for her role as Tiffany Valentine in the ‘Child’s Play’ horror movie series, with its main focus on Chucky the doll. With this role, she became an icon in pop culture for her famous scream.^[3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPBiwhf8uAc

She has also gained popularity for being the voice actor as Bonnie Swanson in the animated series ‘Family Guy.’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1_t7sYYzLM

In addition, she has also gained popularity for her role in ‘Liar Liar,’ a movie where she acted with Jim Carrey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEZkUMSygPU

On another note, she is also famous for making a professional career in poker and earning multiple winnings from that too.

Another bonus read: Find out the net worth of actress Nadia Bjorlin.

Personal and love life

Jennifer was married to the producer of the popular animated show 'The Simpsons,' Sam Simson^[4] . That marriage lasted only seven years, and she divorced him in 1991.

Since 2018, she has received around 30% of her ex-husband’s earnings from Fox.

Since Sam Simon, she has been in a relationship with Phil Laak, a professional poker player.

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